Renée Zellweger in ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary.’ Photo: Universal Pictures.Preview:Renée Zellweger will be back as Bridget Jones.Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson are also returning.The movie will adapt Helen Fielding’s third Bridget book.It has been nearly a decade since Helen Fielding’s character Bridget Jones was on our screens –– when last we saw the woman played by Renée Zellweger, she was happily married to Colin Firth’s Mark Darcy and had given birth to her first child.But though that seemingly wrapped Bridget’s story up in a bow, even before the movie landed, Fielding had plans for the future. ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’,…
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Jessica Alba revealed that she is stepping down as The Honest Company’s chief creative officer. The actress and businesswoman shared the news on Instagram Tuesday, more than a decade after she co-founded the company, which sells baby, skincare, bath and beauty products. “It is with a grateful heart that twelve years after founding The Honest Company, I am stepping down from my leadership role as Chief Creative Officer,” she wrote. “However, I will continue to provide strategic advice through my role on the board. While there would never have been an easy time to make this decision, I know we…
The first trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux, the Joker sequel starring Lady Gaga opposite Joaquin Phoenix, arrived today. The clip shows Phoenixâs Joker and Gagaâs Harley Quinn meeting in Gotham Cityâs Arkham Asylum. Check it out below, ahead of the filmâs release on Friday, October 4, 2024.Gaga stars as Harley Quinn in the movie, and Atlantaâs Zazie Beetz returns as Sophie Dumond. Also pegged to feature are Catherine Keener, Brendan Gleeson, Ken Leung, and Steve Coogan, among others. Gaga, whose last major role was in Ridley Scottâs 2021 film House of Gucci, shared a first-look image of her Harley…
Google is trying to make cloud computing more affordable with a custom-built Arm-based server chip. At its Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, the company said the new processor will become available later in 2024.With the new Arm-based chip, Google is playing catch-up with rivals such as Amazon and Microsoft, which have been employing a similar strategy for years. The tech giants compete fiercely in the growing market for cloud infrastructure, where organizations rent out resources in faraway data centers and pay based on usage.Google parent Alphabet still derives three-quarters of revenue from advertising, but cloud is growing…
An Atom Computing employee engaged in work on a computer screen.CNBCThis story is part of CNBC’s quarterly Cities of Success series, which explores cities that have transformed into business hubs with an entrepreneurial spirit that has attracted capital, companies and employees.Imagine a world where computers solve problems billions of times faster than today’s machines can, ushering in a new era of scientific discovery.That’s the promise of quantum technology â and a fierce race is underway to unlock its potential. In the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, the Denver-Boulder region is emerging as a global leader in this revolution.Atom Computing is…
Joni Mitchell has covered Elton John‘s hit song ‘I’m Still Standing’ during the Gershwin Prize Tribute concert. Check it out now. Sir Elton and his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin were the recipients of the Library of Congress 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, with the celebration concert taking place last month at DAR Revolution Hall in Washington D.C. and aired last night (Monday April 8) on PBS. Mitchell â who was honoured with the award last year â took the stage to perform a rendition of the 1983 song alongside a backing band comprised of Brandi Carlile, Annie Lennox, Blake…
TAMPA, Fla. — It is becoming more difficult for young space companies to close growth-stage funding rounds amid increasing investor scrutiny, according to an April 9 panel of investment bankers and equity analysts. The poor trading performance of early-stage space companies listed on the stock exchange in recent years, coupled with the end of cheap capital as interest rates rise, is weighing on businesses’ ability to build scale in the market. Citigroup investment banker Sameer Garg said during the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs that young space companies used to just need to nail down one lead investor to close a…
Physicist Peter Higgs in Italy in 1996Leonardo Cendamo/Getty Images Groundbreaking theoretical physicist Peter Higgs has died at age 94. Higgs’s work explaining how elementary particles get their mass won him the Nobel prize in 2013 and formed a key ingredient in the standard model of particle physics. He died in his home in Edinburgh, UK, on 8 April after a short illness. In 1964, while working as a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, Higgs made a prediction that would prove to have a huge impact on the world of physics: he postulated the existence of a field suffusing the…
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The Pretendo Network, an open-source Nintendo Network alternative, no longer requires a hacked Wii U console. With Nintendo’s servers for the obsolete console shutting down on Monday, the Pretendo Network shared a new workaround that provides (limited) access to its homebrew servers without jailbreaking your dusty old console.An SSL (secure sockets layer) is a protocol that encrypts the connection between a device and its servers. The Wii U’s SSL exploit (branded as “SSSL”), discovered by the Pretendo Network’s shutterbug, lets you connect to the network with only a simple DNS change, which you can do on the stock firmware. “We’ve…
Lava Prowatch will be launched in India later this month, according to the company. The homegrown smartphone brand has begun to tease some of the features of the upcoming smartwatch via its social media channels, ahead of its debut in the country. The company has hinted that the Lava Prowatch will support fitness tracking features and might arrive with support for interchangeable watch straps. It is also claimed to sport a durable display that could be resistant to scratches, along with a fast user interface.In a media invite issued on Tuesday, the Noida-based smartphone maker announced that the Lava Prowatch…
Some good news dropped today in the form of a new installment in the beloved Bridget Jones series. The fourth installment in the series was announced, with Renée Zellweger reprising her iconic role and a few new characters entering the fray just as Bridget enters a new chapter in her life. With the working title ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,’ Bridget, now in her 50s, will be navigating life and love, just as she always has, seemingly with the same charm we’ve grown accustomed to. It’s thrilling news for fans of both the book series…
Ashley Biden speaks alongside her father US President Joe Biden during a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA Florida woman who stole and then sold a diary and other items belonging to Ashley Biden â the daughter of President Joe Biden â to a right-wing media group weeks before the 2020 election was sentenced Tuesday to one month in federal jail and three months of home detention.Aimee Harris, 41, also was ordered to forfeit $20,000 and to serve three years of…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, where we report on literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.Simon and Schuster and…Zuckerberg? There is a lot to digest in this deeply reported piece about the shortcuts Meta, OpenAI, and Google have taken to access data for training their models, but the nugget that really raised my eyebrows is that last year, leadership at Meta discussed buying Simon & Schuster. I’ll admit it hadn’t occurred to me that a tech company would consider buying a publisher since…
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In my years spent writing about fashion, I’ve come to realise that it’s the little details that can make an outfit, no matter how basic it might seem on paper, really jump off the page. Laura Harrier’s latest look is the perfect example of this.Stepping out in L.A. last night, the actor kept her fashion reputation pristine, constructing an elevated take on “jeans and a shirt” that’s just become my template for chic daily styling. Putting a 2024 twist on her wardrobe staples, Harrier swapped out a classic tee or white shirt for an elevated button down in a dark…
The Bear is set to return for Season 3 this summer, and when it comes to FX‘s kitchen-set dramedy, it’s hard to predict where the stellar story will take viewers as they continue to follow chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), Syndey Adamu (Ayo Edebiri), Richie Jerimovich (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), and their ragtag restaurant team. But has a surprise romance been brewing for some time? And no, it’s not between Sydney and Carmy or Sydney and Marcus (Lionel Boyce). No, it feels as if there have been more than a few signs hinting at a twist romance between former foes…
Beau Willimon, Oscar®-nominee for Adapted Screenplay, Oscar®-nominee for Best Documentary Feature, arrives at the 84th Annual Academy Awards® from Hollywood, CA February 26, 2012. Credit/Provider: Heather Ikei / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.Preview:‘Andor’s Beau Willimon has joined ‘Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi’.James Mangold is co-writing and directing the movie.A group of other ‘Star Wars’ and Disney movies just landed release dates.Given the critical success of the first season of ‘Star Wars: Andor’ in 2022, it’s perhaps not shocking that a key component of that show’s creative team would be snapped up to work elsewhere in Lucasfilm’s universe.And now, The Hollywood Reporter…